St. Cloud’s mayor is planning for the city’s first cost-of-living raise in the four years.

The Race for Congress

Feeling confident that 1st Congressional District Rep. Tim Walz will win in November, the DCCC has decided to trim its Minnesota ad budget, eliminating two ads it planned to air in Walz’s favor from its reserved airtime.

Where was Rep. Michele Bachmann on the eve of Yom Kippur? At the Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune. During the service, Bachmann was acknowledged by the synagogue’s rabbi, which so outraged one member of the congregation, he started donation campaign for Bachmann’s challenger, Jim Graves.

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Catharine Richert covers politics for MPR News, and writes PoliGraph, a fact-checking feature that gets behind the spin in Minnesota politics. She has also contributed to MPR’s coverage of the federal health care overhaul. Catharine joined the MPR newsroom in 2011 after finishing a master’s degree at the U of M’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Previously, Catharine worked for PolitiFact.com and Congressional Quarterly. She lives in Rochester with her husband and son.

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Since the recap highlighted Americans For Prosperity and downballot races, did any media attended the bus tour that hit Minnesota on Saturday ?

According to John Kline’s FACEBOOK :

Americans for Prosperity is going coast to coast via bus on the “Obama’s Failing Agenda Tour” to educate Americans about President Obama and his failing agenda. Join Minnesota conservatives in Lakeville tomorrow morning at 9 am for a rally

led by Tony Katz and my friend, Tom Emmer of Twin Cities Newstalk. The tour includes three continuous buses crisscrossing the nation, giving a voice to the millions of Americans who oppose the policies of this administration.

Besides Lakeville, it was scheduled to stop near the campus at Minnesota State-Mankato and Owatonna (however, they were having difficulty getting a site as two retailers declined to let the bus sit in their parking lot.)

It would be interesting to know if John Kline or any other politician participated in the event.